Christy Turlington Burns attends the 5th Annual CARE Impact Awards.Photo:Dave Kotinsky/Getty
Dave Kotinsky/Getty
Christy Turlingtonwants women to feel confident embracing their natural beauty.
“Beauty is this limitless ideal that you can find everywhere. It’s something that does evolve, but not so much the idea of beauty as much as your understanding and appreciation of beauty,” Turlington, 54, toldMarie Clairein an exclusive interview published on July 27.
“People look outside themselves to define it, but I’ve learned over time that beauty is a feeling, a sense of wellness, and even acceptance in a way,” she added.
Turlingtonfirst began modelingat the age of 14 and throughout the years has been the face of campaigns for major brands like Calvin Klein.
Christy Turlington attends the 1992 Met Gala.PL Gould/IMAGES/Getty
PL Gould/IMAGES/Getty
In the spirit of not succumbing tosociety’s pressuresto always look perfect, Turlington revealed who inspires her most when it comes to redefining the standards of beauty.
“Women who have stayed away from augmentation of themselves — those are the women I really admire. I love seeing a real face. A face of someone who’s lived life,” theCatwalkstar confessed. “I would say my beauty icons are people likeJane Birkin,” she said while expressing her appreciation for the late entertainer.
“They have the kind of faces I like to see and we don’t get to see as many of those in the world anymore. Jane aged in her way. She was as beautiful at the end of her life as she was early on. I will be one of those faces. I am one of those faces,” Turlington continued of the late entertainer.
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Jane Birkin.jean-Louis Atlan/Sygma/Getty
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According to theHermès Paris official website, the idea was constructed in 1984 during a flight from Paris to London when Jean-Louis Dumas, executive chairman of Hermès, happened to be sitting next to Birkin, who complained about not having a handbag that suited herneeds as a young mother.
source: people.com
